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I don’t follow baseball extremely closely, not until after the All-Star break anyway, but this past week Armando Galarraga was robbed of a Perfect Game. A Perfect Game, and I use capitals because it’s only been done 20 times in the history of baseball (two of those, Dallas Braden and Roy Halladay, have come this year), is where the opponent is held to no hits, no runs, and your team has committed zero errors.
Armando Galarraga, pitcher for the Detroit Tigers, was one out away when Jason Donald was called safe at first base on not-that-close call. Unfortunately on replay, and to some in the stands, it didn’t look close at all. First base Umpire Jim Joyce later admits that he missed it and apologized to Galarraga. To his credit, Galarraga took it very well and acted very professionally about the situation.
All in all, it’s a pretty crappy result.
Here are some gems from this past week:
- Spillonomics. When something is difficult to imagine, the risk of it is underestimated. A very interesting article on how we, as human beings, tend to underestimate the risk of things that are difficult to imagine and that we’ve never experienced before. Compare that to the reaction after the 9/11 attacks, as people drove more and flew less (and traffic fatalities increased).
- You can save a lot of money by timing your purchases. The cost of Christmas decorations in January are a fraction of their original prices in November. So what should you buy in June? MainStreet has the answer.
- How much are you paying for cable? WalletPop has a few ideas on how to cut your cable bill down to size.
- If you have a teen looking to make a few extra bucks this summer, it’s important to understand that they need to pay taxes too. There are special teen tax rules you should know about and Kay does a great job explaining them.
- Father’s Day is on the horizon so if you’re looking for some frugal Father’s day ideas, Lazy Man has a bunch of them. If those weren’t enough, Frugal Dad shares a few sub-$50 gift ideas.
- What would you do with a cash windfall? That’s what Fiscal Geek wants to know.
Finally, my lovely wife and I have been cooking a lot lately (our next project is to make homemade cheese, inspired by our cousins) and this post by SVB shares some good ideas for leftover rice.
Have a great weekend!
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As stunning as the blown call was, I think people were just as amazed at Armando Galarraga’s class in responding to the situation. It was really good to see. We’ve become used to our professional athletes and entertainers in general acting like over indulged pre-teens. Was Galarraga’s mature response because of the fact that he isn’t a “star”?
a small nitpick – no baserunners either. that distinguishes a perfect game from a no hitter. I heard that while the MLB commishioner isn’t going to overturn the errant call at first base, galaragga is going to get a new corvette out of it. i’d prefer the perfect game.
Jim Joyce apologized sincerely publicly. When he saw the play on tape, he couldn;t believe that he had missed it so badly.
Armando Galarraga graciously accepted his apology saying, “Hey, everybody makes mistakes.”
Chevy and the Detroit Tigers decided he needed a boost and he did get a brand new Corvette.
Joyce and Galarraga both showed great character.
Jim Joyce had always been a mutt. This is not the first bad call he has made nor the last. He should hang it up before he makes en even more disastrous call. Sometimes people need to be told they are ready to out for seed because they don’t realize it themselves.
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I can’t believe he would even think of calling the runner safe on such a close call with a perfect game at stake.
My husband and I are very impressed with the class shown by Armando Gallarago and his coach.
Mistakes are all a part of the game where humans are involved. I’m glad they didn’t change it.
To be honest, I think the pitcher may not have gotten the stat of having a perfect game, but everyone knows that he pitched one – and all the attention this final out has garnered him – his perfect game will be remembered a LOT longer than the other 2 perfect games this year. He will be more famous because of this than he would have been otherwise.. Plus he gets a free car out of the deal. He’ll be ok, i don’t feel too bad for him. It is just a game after all.
Homemade cheese? I’m looking forward to hearing about that experiment. It seems like something that might not have a big cost savings. Maybe the quality of the cheese is better, though?
I also agree with Peter. I know Harvey Haddix more for it’s famous non-no-hitter than anyone’s actual no hitter.
More famous than Don Larsen’s?
It’s definitely not a cost saving issue, more of a “fun” thing to try and do.
jim wang, great articles! i googled costco tires rotations, and got the info I needed…and much more other great articles on business and finance that came in handy. many thanks! may